My 2 1/2 year old son wakes up kicking and whinning/crying

My 2 1/2 year old son was recently sick with a stomach bug/ cold. He got over the stomach bug but still had the cough. This past weekend he was doing way better and barely coughing so i knew it would be easier for him to sleep. Sunday night i put him to bed around 10pm after a bubble bath, he went to bed just fine. About an hr later i heard him crying for me and was just standing on the bed, it took me a while to calm him down. This went on the rest of the night, i would giv him somethiing to drink and he would go right back to sleep but then an hr or two later he would wake up kicking and whinning, leading to a cry, again. Mon and Tues he did the same thing at his dads house. weird thing is he wont complain during the day while hes awake. He did tell his dad his tummy hurt but never complained about it before or after (during the day time). What can it be?

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